Improvement in lunch-pails



H. W. ScHUssLER.

. LUNQMAIL.

No. 170,903. l Patented ne.7,1a75.

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UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

HEEMAN W. SCHUSSLER, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMNT vIN LUNCH-PAILS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 170,903, dated December `7, 1875; application filed September 15, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HERMAN WV. SCHUSS- LER, of New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State :of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Lunch-Fails; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a'iull, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, iii- Figure l, side view of the apparatus; Fig. 2, plan view; Fig. 3, vertical section 5 Fig. 4, one of the compartments detached.

This invention relates to au apparatus constructed to be placed in a pail or basket, for convenience of carrying lunches, tc.; and it consists in several removable compartments with a central removable vessel, combined With burner or burners beneath, whereby the compartment may be heated, as more fully hereinafter described.

In the illustration I show an apparatus of circular form, consisting of a frame, A, supported from a base, B, in which are several (here represented as three) segmental compartments, C, constructed with a flange, a, upon their upper edges, as seen in Fig. 4, so as to be supported upon the frame. This segmental form leaves a space in the center, to receive a central vessel, D'. The frame is constructed, as shown in Fig. 3, so that the central vessel may be easily removed, and yet supported by the frame when imposition.

' This central vessel is designed especially for tea and coi'ee, and is constructed with. a mouth, d, and is set into its place inverted in order that the neck may extend below the natural seat E of this vessel. Then over this a cup, F, denoted in solid black, Fig. 3, is set.

On the base is a hollow vessel, G, forming a lamp, with more or less` wicks, H, located beneath the several compartments, so that either or all may be heated. Over the top of all a cover, I, is placed, which consists of a shallow vessel, in which a pie or other articles maybe placed. The several compartmentsmore or less in number--are used as receptacles for different articles of food, and the wick under those which require heating is lighted, the cup F is removed, the coiee-vessel taken out and set right-side up, as denoted `in broken lines, and that in like manner heated. The cover oi' the neck prevents the escape of the contents when set in place'.

This apparatus is constructed to fit a pail or basket, and in no way interferes with the use of the basket or pail for other purposes by simply removing the apparatus therefrom.

I claiml. The combination, in a lunch-pail, of several removable segmental compartment-s, C, and the central removable vessel D, with one or more burners beneath, and a supportingframe, substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a lunch-pail, of several removable segmental compartments, C, the central removable vessel D, with one or more burners beneath, and the pan-shaped cover I, all supported in a frame, substantially as described.

' HERMAN W. SCHUSSLER.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. EARLE,

CLARA BRoUGH'roN. 

